Gould family

Gould family
Jay Gould
George Jay Gould
Kingdon Gould Jr.
Current regionNew York, U.S.
Place of originSuffolk, England
Founded
  • 1650
  • 375 years ago
FounderNathan Gold
Connected familiesBeresford family
Drexel family
House of Talleyrand-Périgord
Estate(s)Lyndhurst; Hempstead House; George J. Gould House

The Gould family is a wealthy American family that came to prominence in the late 19th century. The family's fortune was primarily earned through a railroad empire built by Jason "Jay" Gould, a notorious "robber baron" during the Gilded Age. At its height, this network comprised the Denver & Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Wabash, Texas Pacific, Western Maryland and International-Great Northern railroads among others.[1][2]

By the early 20th century, the Goulds lost control over virtually all these railroads largely due to mismanagement by Jay's son, George Jay Gould.[3] Despite losing the source of much of their wealth, subsequent generations of the family continued to be involved in business, politics and philanthropy.

Family tree

  • Jay "Jason" Gould
    • George Jay Gould
    • Edwin Gould
      • Edwin Gould Jr. (1894–1917)
      • Frank Miller Gould (c.1895–1945)
        • Marianne Alice Gould (1925–1957)
        • Edwin Jay Gould (1932–1993)
    • Helen Miller Gould
    • Howard Gould
    • Anna Gould
      • Marie Louise de Castellane (b. 1896)
      • Boniface, Marquis de Castellane (1896–1946)
      • Georges Paul Ernest de Castellane (1897/9–1944)
      • Georges Gustave de Castellane (c. 1898–1946)
      • Jay (Jason) de Castellane (1902–1956)
    • Frank Jay Gould
      • Dorothy Gould Burns (1904–1969)
        • Rolande Graffenried de Villars (b. 1925)
        • Dorothy Graffenried de Villars (b. 1927)
      • Helen Margaret Gould (1902–1985)
        • Helen Daniele de Montenach (b.1924)
        • George Frank de Montenach (1926–1991)
        • Francoise Florena de Montenach (b.1929)
        • Francis Edouard Maret (b.1944)

Network

Associates

The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Gould family.

Businesses

The following is a list of businesses in which the Gould family have held a controlling or otherwise significant interest.

Philanthropy & Miscellaneous Nonprofit Organizations

The following is a list of philanthropies and nonprofit institutions which were made by or otherwise have been closely tied to the Gould family.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Morris, Charles M. (2005). The Tycoons:How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy. New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-8050-8134-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e Keys 1907, p. 8441.
  3. ^ Treese, Lorett (2006). Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape. Stackpole Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8117-3260-4.
  4. ^ a b Farnsworth, Robert S. (2017). The Grand Western Railroad Game: The History of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroads. Volume I: The Empire Years: 1850 Up to the Great War. Dorrance Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-4809-2707-0.
  5. ^ White, Henry Kirke (1895). History of the Union Pacific Railway. University of Chicago Press. p. 52.
  6. ^ a b c d Steinmetz, Greg (2023). American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune. Simon & Schuster. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-9821-0741-3.
  7. ^ Sarokin & Schulkin 2020, p. 96.
  8. ^ Drury 2007, p. 305.
  9. ^ Grant, H. Roger (2019) [2004]. "Follow the Flag": A History of the Wabash Railroad Company. Northern Illinois University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-5017-4777-9.
  10. ^ McQuaid, Kevin L. "Manekin Starts Work on Big P.G. Co. Mixed-Use Project." Baltimore Business Journal. November 15, 1991.
  11. ^ "A Piece of History Reborn". France Today. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d Vivian, Julia L. (1995) [1905]. "Jay Gould". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  13. ^ a b c d Douglas 2007, p. 494.
  14. ^ Young, Jan (2016) [2009]. Studebaker and the Railroads - Volume 2. Lulu.com. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-557-09383-0.
  15. ^ Solomon, Brian (2014). North American Railroads: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Voyageur Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7603-4736-2.
  16. ^ Kelly, Jacques (2018). "Kingdon Gould Jr., Former Ambassador and Astute Parking Lot Investor, Dies at 94". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  17. ^ Lynch, Denis Tilden (1927). "Boss" Tweed: The Story of a Grim Generation, Volume 25. Boni and Liveright. p. 105.
  18. ^ White, Trumbull (1893). Wizard of Wall Street and his wealth, or, The life and deeds of Jay Gould. J.C. Yorston. p. 481.
  19. ^ Treese, Lorett (2012) [2003]. Railroads of Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8117-0011-5.
  20. ^ Kohn, George C., ed. (2001). The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal. Infobase Publishing. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-8160-4420-1.
  21. ^ Hutto 2006, p. 64.
  22. ^ Village Historian
  23. ^ History of the Reformed Church of Roxbury, Delaware County, New York Archived September 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, churches.rca.org; accessed November 14, 2024.

Sources

  • Douglas, George H. (2007). "Geography and Railroad Development". In Middleton, William D.; Smerk, George M.; Diehl, Roberta L. (eds.). Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3.
  • Drury, George H. (2007). "Colorado & Southern Railway". In Middleton, William D.; Smerk, George M.; Diehl, Roberta L. (eds.). Encyclopedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3.
  • Hutto, Richard Jay (2006). Their Gilded Cage: The Jekyll Island Club Members. Henchard Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9770912-2-5.
  • Keys, C.M. (January 1907). "The Sick Man of the Railroad Powers". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XIII: 8441–8442.
  • Sarokin, David; Schulkin, Jay (2020). The Corporation: Its History and Future. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-4868-8.